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Attendance Allowance »

Attendance allowance is for people over 65 years old who have care needs due to a physical or mental condition. more»

Bereavement Benefits »

Bereavement Benefits are for widows, widowers and surviving civil partners. more»

Carer's Allowance »

Carer's Allowance is for people providing substantial care for someone receiving Attendance Alowance or the middle or highest band of Disability Living Allowance. more»

Child Benefit »

Child benefit is payable to a person responsible for a child under 16 or person aged 16-19 meeting certain conditions.The claimant must live with the child or contribute to their upbringing to at least the child benefit rate. more»

Council Tax Benefit »

Child benefit is payable to a person responsible for a child under 16 or person aged 16-19 meeting certain conditions.The claimant must live with the child or contribute to their upbringing to at least the child benefit rate. more»

Disability Living Allowance »

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is a tax-free benefit for disabled children and adults to help with extra costs they may have due to a mental or physical disability. more»

Employment and Support Allowance »

Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is a benefit for people unable to work due to illness or disability. ESA replaced income support (IS) and incapacity benefit (IB) for new claimants in 2008. more»

Health Benefits »

See is you are able clain for services such as, free prescriptions, free dental treatment and free eryesight testing. more»

Healthy Start Food and Vitamins »

With Healthy Start, you can get free vouchers every week which you swap for milk, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins. more»

Housing Benefit »

Housing Benefit is a means tested benefit claimed from and paid by local councils to people living in rented accommodation. more»

Income Support »

Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income. It's for people not required to sign on as unemployed. Whether you qualify or not and how much you get depends on your circumstances. more»

Industrial Injuries Benefits »

Industrial Injuries benefit is for people who have recieved an injury at work or have a prescribed industrial disease more»

Jobseekers Allowance »

Jobseeker's allowance is the main benefit for people of working age who are out of work or work less than 16 hours a week on average and expected to sign on as "available for work".more»

Maternity Allowance »

Maternity allowance (MA) is a benefit for expectant mothers and those with a small baby.more»

Pension Credits »

Pension credits are a benefit for people on low income of a pensionable age.more»

Social Fund »

The Social Fund is intended to help with living costs that aren't covered by other benefit payments. It's made up of non-repayable grants and some repayable loans.more»

Statutory Adoption Pay »

Statutory Adoption Pay is a weekly payment you get from your employer to help take time off work when you adopt a child. It can be paid to both men and women.more»

Statutory Maternity Pay »

Statutory maternity pay is a weekly payment you get from your employer to help take time off work when you have a child. It is paid to women only..more»

Statutory Sick Pay »

Statutory maternity pay is a weekly payment you get from your employer to help take time off work when you have a child. It is paid to women only..more»

Working Tax Credits »

If you work, but are on a low income, you may qualify for Working Tax Credit. 90% families with children qualify for tax credits, but you don't need to have children to claim.more»

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